Window-shade bracket.



J. HWALE K. WINDOW SHADE BRACKET. APPLICATIONv FILED AUG. 28.1916.

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J'OZEF HW'ALEK, OF GLOBE VILLAGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

WINDOW-SHADE BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

Application filed August 28, 1916. Serial No. 117,220.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Joznr I-IWALEK, a subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, residing at Globe Village, in the county of lVorcesterand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in vVindow-Shade Brackets, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in windowshade brackets.

The primary object of the. invention is the provision of a bracketadapted for supporting a shade roller in operative position forwardly ofa window, the said bracket being readily attached to and removed fromthe window casing.

A further object of the device is the provision of a bracket that iseasy and inexpen sive to manufacture having a resilient retaining meansfor removably positioning the bracket in the desired position upon awindow casing.

It will be understood that while the present device is illustrated inconnection with a window shade, the same may be readily adapted forsupporting a curtain pole adjacent a window.

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinaftermore fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and thenclaimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which likedesignating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout theseveral views Figure 1 is a front elevation of the upper portion of awindow provided with the present device having a window-shade supportedthereby.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View of a portion of a window casingshowing one of the devices attached thereto.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same, and,

Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the device mountedupon the casing.

The present device being designed as a supporting bracket forpositioning members adjacent a window, the same is herein lllllS- tratedin connection with a casing 10 having the usual form of sash 11 arrangedtherein.

The present bracket broadly consists of a sheet metal plate 12 elongatedin form and having a receiving socket or notch 13 open at the top adacent one end thereof, a coil spring 14. being arrangedupon the platefor attaching one of the said brackets in parallel relations adjacentthe upper opposite cor- 11ers of the casing 10.

The rear end of the plate 12 has an upper tapered side 15, the said endterminating in a downwardly-extending claW 16 adapted to be embedded inthe top edge 17 of the casing.

The spring 14 is formed of a single piece of wire having its centralportion formed in a loop 18 freely positioned through a perforation 19in the rear portion of the plate. The spring 1% is arranged withopposite open coils 2O frictionally positioning the plate 12therebetween while a spindle 21 extends through the said plateprojecting within the enlarged openings 22 of the said coils. Divergentbent legs 23 extend from the coils 20 and have pointed terminal ends 24adapted to be embraced within the forward face of the casing 10.

In applying the present form of bracket, the plate 12 is grasped in thehand and the terminals 24: pressed into the casing 10 and the claw 16 ofthe plate 12 forced rear- 7 wardly over the casing, the said claw beingdepressed within the upper face 17 thereof when the legs 23 and coils 20are under tension. The diameter of the coils 20 being greater than thatof the spindle 21 allows the spindle ends to be positioned at the top ofthe coils 20 when the latter are under their greatest tension and toslightly relax when the spindle seats itself at the bottoms of the coils20 in its operative position with the plate 12 arranged horizontallywith its lower edge seated upon the top of the casing. It beingunderstood that one of the brackets is positioned at each end of thecasing 10 at the top thereof. a shade roller upon which the shade 25 isarranged has its oppositely projecting trunnions 26 operatively mountedin the receiving notches 13 thereof.

A shade bracket is therefore provided which is of simple constructionand is readily arranged in its operative position while shades, curtainsand other draperies may be readily supported thereby in substantiallythe usual manner. 7

' What I claim as new is l. A shade bracket comprising a support- 1through the said perforation and having window-casing engaging sharpenedtenninal ends, and a spindle carried by the said plate freely engagedwith the said spring when operatively positioned.

2. A device of the class described coniprising in combination with awindow casing, a sheet metal plate positioned thereon and having a rearclaw embedded therein, a wire spring having a central loop passingthrough the said plate and arranged with coils in axial alineinent witheach other trictionally engaging the opposite sides of the plate, aspindle projecting through the said plate and arranged within the saidcoils the said spindle being of less diameter than the coils, anddownwardly-diverging feet carried by the said coils provided Copies ofthis patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing theCommissioner of Patents,

with sharpened terminals embedded within the forward face of thecasin 3.A device of the class described comprising an elongated supporting platehaving a downwardly-extending claw at its rear end and provided with aperforation adja cent the said claw; a spindle transversely securedthrough the said plate forwardly of the said perforation, a springcentrally looped through the said perforation and having opposite coilssurrounding the said spindle and being of greater diameter than thelatter, diverging legs carried by the said coils and havingsharpenedengaging free ends operatively positioned with respect to thesaid claw; V

, In testimony whereof I atlix my signature.

J OZEF HWALEK.

Washington, D. G.

